Battelle PPE Decontamination Unit

As many of our members are continuing to deal with ongoing challenges related to acquiring PPE, the state of Missouri has entered into an agreement with Battelle to decontaminate masks. 

Information on this program is listed below.

If AMNP can help you in any way, please don't hesitate to let us know.

Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System for N95 Respirator Mask

 

Expanding PPE reserves is one of the four essential pillars of the state’s “Show Me Strong Recovery” plan. To support this effort, MO DHSS is working with the MO National Guard and Battelle to implement in the state of MO a process to decontaminant N95 mask.  The Battelle system is a self-contained, mobile decontamination system that utilizes vapor phase hydrogen peroxide to decontaminate N95 filtering face piece respirators.  This process has been determined to be effective (FDA) against both bacterial and viral agents meeting decontamination standards.  The service extends the life of N95 mask allowing mask to be utilized up to 20 times. The Battelle CCDS is 100 percent federally funded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, allowing the mask decontamination to be provided at no cost to health care providers. 13 national guard sites across the state will be set up as drop off/pick up sites where the masks will be transported for processing and returned for pick (average 24-72 hour turn-around time)(keep your mask as they are coded). Any healthcare provider interested in enrolling may do so.

 

The first step is to enroll with Battelle.  Each healthcare and first responder provider must do so through https://www.battelle.org/inb/battelle-ccds-for-covid19-satellite-locations?utm_source=email&utm_medium=respoder&utm_campaign=fy20-covid&utm_content=v1

 

Following that enrollment process, packaging your contaminated masks as per Battelle’s instructions and transporting those N95s to the drop-off/pick-up sites is the next step.  We received an inquiry to clarify whether there were restrictions related to individual providers transporting their own masks to the drop-off/pick-up sites.  Healthcare providers and first responders are allowed to transport their own N95s to the collection points without a special license or contractor.  A map of the established drop-off/pick-up sites is attached here which includes a POC telephone number for providers who may wish/need.  These sites will be staffed seven days per week from 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. daily beginning Sunday, April 26 at 7:00 a.m.

 

Please note, the Jefferson City Armory is not able to receive N95s, that entire operation is devoted to the decontamination equipment and staff.  We do realize that is a bit of an inconvenience for Jefferson City-based providers, our apologies.

 

Battelle anticipates beginning to process masks by Tuesday, April 28. 

 

Information about the Battelle CCDS system and process is located at https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/professionals.php as well as the Battelle website denoted above